Microsoft Word

Hello, everyone!

Have you tried the previous application named Mendeley Desktop? It's very useful to write your articles and journals, isn't it? Mendeley Desktop is related to Microsoft Word. Now, I'm going to discuss about Microsoft Word further. Isn't Microsoft Word is a common application for typing our writing? Yes, that's right! However, do you ever use all the features provided in Microsoft Word before? You know how to use the Reference part from my previous blog, don't you? In this post, I will discuss about Style feature provided in Microsoft Word.

What is that? Style in Microsoft Word will help you in formatting your writing easily. You could use to format the paragraphs in your writing according to what you wanted to. By using Style, you do not need to edit the format of your Word one by one. You only need to create one style and apply the style to all the paragraphs you have in your writing. It is very useful for you especially when you need more than one type in your writing. For example, in writing your journal articles. You use different format in writing your chapter, sub chapter, the body of your writing, etc. By formatting your journal article using Style, you can manage your writing easily by applying the style you need. Microsoft Word has provided several styles that you can directly use. 

What if the style does not suit your needs? Then, you can create your own styles! It's not hard to make one. First of all, write your writing in Microsoft Word. Don't use any style at all, choose the Normal one. After that, click the paragraph you want to create the style first. Click the small arrow in the Style bar. You will see the list of the styles provided by Microsoft Word. Below all of them, click the icon that shows 'New Style'. You will see a box to create your own style. You can change the name, the style type, and the style based. The next thing to do is changing the format. You can change the font type, the font size, the font color, the paragraphs, the tabs, the border, the frame, etc. If you have finished, click 'OK'. Viola, the paragraph you selected before has changed into the new style. To apply the same style in the next paragraphs, just click the paragraph and click the style you have created. It will automatically apply the style you want. 

By having this style too, you can create table of content easily. Open the References bar, and click Table of Contents. Choose the format of the table of contents you want to use. After you insert the table of content, click 'Custom Table of Contents...'. You will see a box that show how the table of contents looks like. To modify it, click 'Options...' and choose which style you wish to be inserted in your table of contents. You can number it to make a short tab between one to another. Then, click 'OK'. 

By having Style and Table of Contents, you can easily format your writing in Microsoft Word. Don't forget to try it in your writing, okay?